vlais wrote:You guys have more expirience with PocoMail, can anybody tell me which AV software is best with Poco? And of cource, better free AV.

You could always try Avast Home edition.
It's free and not so difficult to setup and they have a forum, if you need help. Just a word of caution: don't use the in & outgoing notifications, as it could result to receiving blank messages.
You've to register at their website, so they'll know the bandwith for all their users. After 14 months you'll have to register again, but it stays free.
Another to use is Bitdefender free.
It's your choice to find the antivirus you like and doesn't make problems with your PC.

Other members will maybe post other free antivirus.

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One word of caution for everyone: Never install another antivirus, when there's already one installed. Always uninstall the previous one, reboot and install the new one and reboot again.
To be on the safe side always check their website about the procedure for uninstalling.
If Norton was present on your system, uninstalling it through Software is not enough. Just check Symantec's website for a complete uninstall utility before installing another antivirus.

You guys are really nice.
I have AVG 6 installed, but have bad expirience with I-Worm/Netsky series. Poco, as other mail clients too, writes attachments to HDD immediately, and it's too late for AVG to prevent damage. It notice me about it, but Netsky is already saved and protected. Embarrassment.
I will try some other AV, maybe AVAST and Bitdefender. Thank you very much
P.S. I will notice you

I've used CA E-trust for years, never had a problem with it and Poco, and I've never had a problem with it missing something. You can download a free trial at my-etrust.com. IIRC, it's $20 for the first year and $10 annual renewals. Well worth it IMO.

A topic of this nature came up on the old forums where a poster was unhappy because their choice of free AV required them to use command line options in PM - it didn't scan incoming and outgoing mail. I said it then and I'll say it again - you must consider AntiVirus software *essential* these days and in order to ensure that you get full protection you must consider paying for the AV software (a bit like car insurance - none of us want it but we know we must have it). Compared to the value of the information on your computer system and the time spent disinfecting it then the annual fee for an AV licence is very small.

However, many people are very happy with the free solutions that they use, and many people are very *unhappy* with the paid solutions that they uses (NAV2004 seems to come into this category).

FWIW I use Kaspersky which "does what it says on the tin" without trying to be something extra in order to keep the upgrade path going (i.e. NAV).

Good stuff Robin. Add 1 more ingredient....a good dose of "net common sense". That goes a long way. Most of these AV programs are only as good as the latest definition set. Everyone here has taken step one by dumping Microsofts mail programs for Poco or Barca.

I've been using avast Home for several months and love it. I tried BitDefender Standard and really liked some of the features.

I know you use -- or at least you were using -- BitDefender. My question, which others may have also: Does BitDefender Free scan email? I've been looking at their manual for BitDefender Free and haven't yet tried to download and install it, so I don't know for sure. Do you?

Kevin Tea wrote:I'm with Eric and find Avast to be excellent. Updates itself regularly. One night I was online for four hours and it updated itself twice!!

Thanks, Kevin. You're using the Pro version with the Push for updates?

I've been using avast Home for several months and love it.

Hi Gary, just back from my vacation. If you love Avast, stick with it. It's a really good antivirus.

Speerga wrote:I know you use -- or at least you were using -- BitDefender. My question, which others may have also: Does BitDefender Free scan email? I've been looking at their manual for BitDefender Free and haven't yet tried to download and install it, so I don't know for sure. Do you?

I was using BitDefender Standard, but since I couldn't update for 2 weeks, I installed and bought Kaspersky 5.0, which is really great. If you want to look at the difference between the free and standard version: BitDefender Free and BitDefender StandardI never used the Free version, but with the Standard version you didn't have to do anything to scan your email. So I think it's the same for the free version.